Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Chronicles 8:1
Now, Benjamin begat Bela, his firstborn, Ashbel, the second, and Aharah, the third,
Now, Benjamin begat Bela, his firstborn, Ashbel, the second, and Aharah, the third,
CHAPTER VIII _The genealogy of Benjamin down to Saul_, 1-32. _The children and descendants of Saul_, 33-40. NOTES ON CHAP. VIII Verse 1 Chronicles 8:1. _NOW BENJAMIN BEGAT, C._] See what has been...
The reason of this return to the genealogy of the Benjamites seems to be the desire to connect the genealogical introduction with the historical body of the work. As the history is to begin with Saul,...
6. BENJAMIN CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The genealogies of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:1)_ 2. The house of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:29) In comparing this list with Genesis 46:21 we find some differenc
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, o...
BENJAMIN. This tribe is now dealt with, and brought down to Saul and Jonathan. The date of writing is Post-Exilic. See 1 Chronicles 8:28; 1 Chronicles 9:3; 1 Chronicles 9:27, and compare with Ezr. and...
1 Chronicles 8:1-40 (cp. 1 Chronicles 7:6-12). The Genealogy of Benjamin. The Benjamite Families which dwelt in Jerusalem 1. _Bela … Ashbel … Aharah_ See 1 Chronicles 7:6, notes....
15. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN (1 Chronicles 8:1-40) TEXT 1 Chronicles 8:1. And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2. Nohah the fourth, and Rap...
_NOW BENJAMIN BEGAT BELA HIS FIRSTBORN, ASHBEL THE SECOND, AND AHARAH THE THIRD,_ Now Benjamin begat ... This chapter contains some supplementary particulars, in addition to what has been already sai...
NOW BENJAMIN, etc.] The names of Benjamin's descendants are repeated (with some variants) from 1 Chronicles 7:7., in order to lead up to the mention of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33), the predecessor of Dav...
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter contains a second account of the descendants of Benjamin, and traces the ancestors and descendants of Saul....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 8 Benjamin to Saul –...
THE SONS OF BENJAMIN AND BELA (1 Chronicles 8:1). (See Notes on 1 Chronicles 7:6.) BELA HIS FIRST-BORN. — The Hebrew word for “firstborn” in Genesis 46:21 may have been turned into the proper name Be
וּ בִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן הֹולִ֖יד אֶת ־בֶּ֣לַע בְּכֹרֹ֑ו...
This whole chapter constitutes a fuller account of the house of Benjamin. It seems to be a collection of names and very little more. Among them, however, after the name of the founder, Benjamin, two s...
Now Benjamin (a) begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, (a) He continues in the description of the tribe of Benjamin, because his purpose is to set forth the genealogy of...
_Benjamin. Some farther particulars of his genealogy are given, for the honour of Saul; (Calmet) and many of these, who returned from captivity, are mentioned, 1 Esdras x. 11. (Sanctius) --- Bale, &c....
Wherefore the sacred writer had it in commission, to re-assume the subject of the genealogy of Benjamin in this chapter, and to employ a whole chapter in it, I cannot presume to speak. But it is worth...
CONTENTS This chapter takes up the subject of the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin. In the preceding chapter, we had the introduction to this register of the Benjamites. Here it is again prosecuted...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, 8, AND 9. In the genealogies of Levi (chap. 6) we see, first of all, the line of high priests until the captivity; and then the Levites, their services...
NOW BENJAMIN BEGAT BELA HIS FIRSTBORN,.... See 1 Chronicles 7:6. The genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reviewed, because it joined and kept close with Judah in the worship of God, went into captiv...
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Ver. 1. _Aharah._] _Alias_ Ahiram, Num 26:38 and Ehi. Gen 46:21...
_Now Benjamin begat Bela_ He had spoken something of this tribe before, chap. 1 Chronicles 7:6; but now he treats of it again, and that more fully and exactly: partly for Saul's sake, who was of this...
1 The sonnes and chiefe men of Beniamin. 33 The stocke of Saul and Ionathan. 1 NOW Beniamin begate [NOTE: Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38.] Bela his first borne, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third...
1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 8 The sons and chief men of Benjamin, 1 CHRONICLES 8:1. The stock of Saul and Jonathan, 1 CHRONICLES 8:33. He had spoken something of the tribe of Benjamin before, 1 Chron
1 Chronicles 8:1 Benjamin H1144 begot H3205 (H8689) Bela H1106 firstborn H1060 Ashbel H788 second H8145 Aharah...
CONTENTS: Sons of Benjamin. The stock of Saul and Jonathan. CHARACTERS: Ehud, Saul, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: (1 Chronicles 8:40). It is much to a man's praise that he is qualified to serve his country...
1 Chronicles 8:1. _Benjamin,_ whose posterity are here copiously recorded, because of Saul's family; because they remained in the kingdom of Judah after the secession of the ten tribes, and because th...
_Now Benjamin begat Bela his first-born _ READINGS BETWEEN THE LINES I. That alliances often end in entanglements and entail unconsidered consequences. Shaharaim went into Moab and there married a Mo...
1 CHRONICLES 8:1 The Tribe of Benjamin. A second, more detailed genealogy of this tribe has little in common with the earlier list (1 Chronicles 7:6) and serves a different function. Judah and Benjami...
CRITICAL NOTES.] _Benjamin_, son of Bilhan (1 Chronicles 7:10), great-grandson of son of Jacob. Posterity given on account of history of Saul. This tribe remained faithful during the revolt of the ten...
EXPOSITION This chapter carries us back to the tribe of Benjamin, partly dealt with already (1 Chronicles 7:6). The tribe is reverted to for the same kind of reason that called for our 1 Chronicles 3:...
In chapter eight, we come back to the tribe of Benjamin. And in the tribe of Benjamin, we come down to the family of Kish from which, of course, Saul was born, who became the first king over Israel, v...
1 Chronicles 7:6; Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38...